What Good Acting Looks Like
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- Rick Dalton happens to be a great character that came out of Tarantino's 9th film and who better to play such a role than Leonardo DiCaprio.
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When the girl gives Leo that complement and his eyes tear up like he got a complement from his biggest idol is some class A acting.
to me it feels like he's not tearing up from a compliment but actually because he realizes that she is just being nice and really
he has fallen from grace
he's tearing up because he knows it's not a real compliment. As was said in the video.
She doesn't like descriptions like 'the girl'......but seeing as its a youtube comment, we'll let it go this time.
Builshit he knows how to act drunk
@@CognitiveCorrosion I don't think so. He had been under pressure for so long, doubting his own abilities as an actor. That complement took him over the edge. To me it is clear that those are tears of true appreciation.
Always felt like it was Tarantino leaning down and telling Leonardo that becoming a character on top of a character and pulling it off the way he directed it, was the best acting he had seen. That's some inception acting.
I love the niche movie video essay genre on CZcams.
id hardly call once upon a time in hollywood niche
id hardly call the video essay genre niche
@@toptierwaifu yo mama
You don't know what "niche" means
A lemon wedge on a cocktail is a fancy little "niche" that's an example of how to use that word.
holy, this is such a quintessential arrogant film critic comment section.
I love the observation on his "mediocre" acting because while watching the movie for the first time I was amazed how well DiCaprio acted and even more so how well he "acted" poorly as Rick. It was one of the lowkey most brilliant recent performances for me.
‘We’re all just people an we’re all just trying’ is such a profound, underrated comment. This sums up life, perfectly and succinctly.
And sometimes we’re floundering and flailing
And the algorithm delivers the best content
Way to compliment yourself
So happy to hear you found my channel 😉 lol
@@herbg4866he didn't lol
@@bobbyblazini learn how algorithms work
@@herbg4866 he was complimenting the video not himself. Do you know what an algorithm is? Ain't complimenting the algorithm, complimenting CZcams
Leo was really a dude playing a dude who thought he was another dude.
What do you mean, "you people?"
@@catpawjack7687what do you mean “ you people” ?
ME?! I know who I am!!
I’m the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude
Disagree. The acting scene with the girl was EXTREMELY well acted. Came of as unhinged, angry, possibly drunk, and psychotic. Not over the top.
When the girl said that was some of the best acting she'd seen, I completely agreed with her.
He gave everything he had. That is what they needed to get out of him.
"This is the best video I've ever seen in my whole life."
Hate to argue but I believe trudy was telling the truth when she said "thats the best acting ive ever seen"
The way I originally interpreted that scene was that Trudy was sincere in her remark, but Rick, taking the compliment to heart, and regaining a great deal of self-esteem, fails to consider that the girl is 8 years old. 😂
That very well could have been the best acting she has seen throughout her short career. I think the audience is meant to take note of this in a comedic manner.
@@cedarhittle Yes, and that her age was too young to comment "best scene in her whole life" making him feel even more distant from other actors who are far better and with better future than him. That's how I felt it, as if she said it to me and I was going through his existential crisis.
@@cedarhittle Fair point but I think Tarantino in all his weird creepiness was setting up Trudy to be seen as an adult (in a childs body) by the audience rather than a child, especially if you consider this movies side plot is off-handedly about director Roman Polanski (who had sex with a 13 year old minor if you did not know), as well as her extremely mature level of thinking and reasoning during all her dialouge with Rick. Therefore trudys character & opinion is that of an adult. Or am I reading too deep?
@@youngmagic8343disagree completely
I’d concur. I watched while thinking about something akin to a “bubble guy” in the major leagues. He’s been on a long slump and can feel the end coming, but here he is at bat in a meaningful game; and he hits a double to the alley and 2 runs score.
Maybe it’s not a bases loaded 550 foot home run in the bottom of the ninth, game 7 of the World Series, but dammit, it mattered and he can hold his head high as he heads into the waning years of his career.
I watched this in the cinema and it was definitely worth seeing it there. The acting in Rick's little scene was pretty good and the girl was honest about it. Suggesting she would've said something more specific if it was sincere is maybe a thought of an adult, not a 8-10 yr old. Not to mention the cinematography represented really well what it's like to witness real good acting first hand and up close. The rest of the essay was nice, well put together.
Also perhaps the choice of line implies a distinction about what it means for someone to do their best acting. On the tail end of the trailer rage scene, I think it means putting the effort despite the "not rights", to see the performance through with effort. The girl saying "that was the best acting I've ever seen" might be her saying "that was the most effort I've seen put into a performance". This lands home since he's recently been aware that he's seemingly unable to put in that effort (like when he ruined the scene and stood up, etc).
I'm very young so this was my first Quentin Tarantino movie in the theater, and I already loved his work, it was all worth it, this was an experience I'll never forget, I still remember some of us laughing while watching, 2019 was such a good year.
I think the compliment is exaggerated because she said 'whole life,' which doesn't mean much, as a little girl hasn't seen that much acting due to her limited experience.
My perspective for Rick Dalton's 'triumphant' scene was that there weren't a lot of high energy dramatic scenes like that in that in Westerns at the time. Heavy dialogue and monologue scenes were usually pretty mellow still using two shots and dramatic stingers to give them impact. I saw it more like 'the first person to dunk' or something - where it's not that impressive today but for the era it was incredible.
This 100%. The first time you see Citizen Kane or Casa Blanca, you are drawn to the level of cliches, without realizing these are the sources of most cinematic movie tropes. If you go back and watch Gunsmoke or Bonanza, there simply wasn't this level of emotions left to the villains. QT kind of reaches backwards in time a la Marty in Back to the Future and gives a tropey villain delivery that just didn't exist at the time.
Dang I thought Rick gave a great performance there 😂
Yea, I disagree with the sentiment in the video regarding that part.
I disagree too. Far from mediocre
You know, I've been thinking about that as well. I do think the acting was good, I just happened to notice that it felt cartoony, or maybe that's not the word, but rather how I mentioned, it felt as if it wasn't the best performance in the context of the character Caleb Decoteau. However, I do feel it was the effort he (Rick Dalton) gave for the scene that made the acting good, made you have respect and appreciation for the scene knowing the context of Rick.
@@sophiabynico But that kind of "cartoony", or rather more theatrical acting was typical for that era. Compared to today's standards, actors in the 60s or 70s overacted.
Yes, I thought it was a good performance too, given the material. It's not Shakespeare, which makes the director's Hamlet push to Rick at the end of the scene funny. As far as the girl's compliment goes, I do think that was genuine as well. It's the best acting she's 'seen ever in her life', which is the joke. She's a child -- how much can she have really seen? But Rick is so fragile he takes the compliment at face value. We, and Rick, know he's not Laurence Olivier, but that's not his world -- this is -- and here he proves, at least for a brief moment, that he might still be the Rick fuckin' Dalton of old.
Leonardo DiCaprio is great at acting like he can't act. This shows how good he is at acting.
Or maybe he just can't act.
@@user-qb1sm3rk9r Are you serious? Watch "gilbert grape". Leo could act since he was a teenager.
@@user-qb1sm3rk9rMan is almost 50 and there's still people who thinks that? C'mon, he's more than a handsome face, he has an acomplished career, grow up please.
Leo isn't popular for no reason. Theres millions of pretty boys. There is a reason Scorsese and Tarantino consider him one of their staple actors, and Daniel Day gave him an honor for Gangs of New York. The guys a true legend and I have never heard him once boast about himself, he's consistently humble. Its always good seeing a quality person get famous.
4:50 Totally disagree. I thought DiCaprio's acting in this scene was incredible and the standout moment in the film. And the little girl's compliment was sincere and was a bit of a joke since she's so young and hasn't seen much acting.
I’ve tried to explain this to people, a bad way of wording things on my part, I think DiCaprio did an amazing job throughout every scene, when I refer to the scene in which the acting is not the greatest, I am referring to Rick Dalton’s acting not Leo.
@@sophiabynico Okay, I understand now what you were saying. Thanks for clarifying.
@@sophiabynico Quentin has said that Dalton's potential as an actor is extremely high. I think it was supposed to come across as great acting from him in that scene, it did for me. And that's why every character says so. You're looking too deep.
I'm glad they mentioned his character's stutter. I really liked how Rick displayed a slight stutter in real life, but it would disappear entirely whenever he was acting. No one else seems to notice. but it's a great touch.
Man, you really put to video essay everything I loved about this film. You have a new sub and can't wait to go back and watch your other videos.
I really appreciate the support and I hope I can keep making videos that people enjoy!
This granular breakdown of Rick Dalton kinda felt personal and I don't know how to feel about it.
I just saw so much of myself in this... the ambivalence is overwhelming.
When I first saw them I thought DiCaprio and Pitt were just good looking standard Hollywood actors but they have turned out over the years to be some of the best actors in Hollywood.
That's because they know how to choose their projects, they deserve to be in the reigns of Hollywood.
What I love about Tarrantino films is: in the most part, when you watch them, you think "Ah, that was cool" but you're not blown away (Maybe Pulp Fiction is an exception) but when you return to them and really study therm, you see the multi faceted side to them. I love that!!!!!
Inglorious Basterds, for me, really proves that theory - 15 or so years after its release, it's one of my all time favourite films but at the time I thought it was just "good".
Tarrantino is one of the best!
DiCaprio's playing the good Rick Dalton's scene with the girl shouldn't have been perfect, because it is not played by DiCaprio in Tarantino film, it is played by Rick Dalton in western movie of another director! So actually it is incredibly great how DiCaprio managed to play the role inside the role - he played the best possible cut of Rick Dalton without becoming DiCaprio himself, who is definitely more strong dramatic actor. I love this! This is what making DiCaprio so great. When he is playing Rick Dalton in the trailer, he is not depicting a role inside the role, he is playing real person with real emotions, that is why it is so different.
Seeing these scenes after reading the book was just gold.
Whenever there is a wise child, spitting truth to an out of sorts on-the-edge adult, I can't see it any other way than a direct reference to J.D. Salinger and one of his characters meeting a precocious child.
I love to come back to this movie so much! And it tastes better every time!
And actor playing a role as a struggling actor failing to keep his compure during a set? This is golden acting. We may never see this again.
Leo and Brad made the film, top tier performance and i hope to see them in films in the coming years. Brad pitt thrives as a duo in films
I remember walking out of the theater being a bit weary of the plot but thinking "that was without a doubt Leo & Brad at their absolute best"
It's a duo that should never fail.
Rick Dalton’s reservation to “play the heavy” was with understanding an homage to his peak performance (Jake Cahill/Bounty Law) was an admission to having peaked. His reluctance to embark on the ‘spaghetti western’ train was with the understanding of it as the fated trajectory of his peers in this transition of Hollywood. His initial struggles in scenes also highlight his struggles fighting to reclaim his bygone glory and his poor performances being a losing battle. That belauded final scene is a bittersweet embodiment of character & acceptance of fate.
This is hands-down the finest film I've ever seen in my life, and I'm old.
I saw this movie in the theater baked like a potato and I was feeling so anxious and completely encapsulated by the story of Rick worrying about the future of his life and relating it to my life and then the redemption arc of this scene hit and it was absolutely incredible
It was such good acting that I didn't feel like I was watching a movie any more, like I transcended through the screen and the only thing that reminded me it was a movie was when Trudi whispered in his ear that it was the best acting she's ever seen lol it was a crazy experience
you didn't need to be high to experience what you did when watching the whole scene. we all felt exactly what you felt sober. it was just so immersive and a testament to great moviemaking
haha that's awesome, thanks for sharing
you had a geek bro thats fire
Your comment reminded me of something I discovered some years back when channel surfing into the wee hours while stoned. I found that being stoned while watching any acting usually reveals the artifice of what I’m I watching, and not in a good way. The acting will often look embarrassingly obvious and fake. But once in a while what I’m watching stoned captivates me in such a way that I’ve totally bought in … I don’t see acting, I’m experiencing something that seems real. My daughter (she’s 34) and I call this the pot test. Try it.
@@pjmlegrande Indeed it takes a high level of some kind of mesmerism to completely forget that everything we watch is just a bunch of people playing pretend in front of a camera. Good acting & great production will make you forget about that as soon as you see it.
Usually when I'm stoned I prefer watching something I've already seen that I already know has great acting and will not catch me off guard showing me something I do not wish to see.
I knew how good Dicaprio was way back in What's Eating Gilbert Grape. He is one of the best around today and this role is one of my favorites of his.
ive been talking about this scene since it came out. this, i think is leos peak. the set up with the girl before filming the scene, then THE scene itself gave me chills in the theatre. always been a fan of leo and have him in either 1, or 2 as my goat actors/actresses, but that 10 mins (or there abouts) was spectacular. give the man his flowers fr (dont say it wasnt a good performance author, because it was)
I should clarify, I believe Leo gave an amazing performance acting as an actor who is acting as someone else. I was referring to the character he’s playing Rick Dalton. That Rick Dalton didn’t give the best performance but that we can appreciate Rick’s effort playing as Caleb Decoteau.
@@sophiabynico i get it now. i was wondering how a video about good acting said that his performance wasnt the best. threw me off.
2:29 "Don't let the Mexicans see ya cry".. That line got a lol out of me.
The little kid in the scene at the saloon was the best performance in the whole film, and that's saying a lot bc they were all great.
Yeah I thought she was so good that I was hoping to see her in more films.
he is so good in everything he does that we take it for granted just how damn good he is
The scene with Leo at the trailer makes me cry every time
It was such a good movie I totally forgot it was brad pit and Leo acting side by side I was so invested in cliff and Rick
Definitely Tarantino’s best, imo
Saw it on a plane on my way to Milan. Great acting.
I remember watching 'what's eating gilbert grape", never saw Leo before and really thought the actor was mentally disabled. I was like how did they pull that off.
Leo did indeed slay in this film. However, I have to point out that the girl who played Sadie, Mikey Madison, did an even better job, and deserved an Oscar. The audience HATES her, but she absolutely NAILED that role. Especially in the scene where the Manson family is in the car. Everyone watch it again.
For a movie i thought as of mostly sub par this video gave me goosebumps because it gave me a definitive understanding of this character that made me appreciate the movie more
Great analysis. Hadn’t really thought of it this way… now I’ve got to rewatch the movie!
I wondered why the hell Leo didn't win an oscar for his stunning performance in the film. Then I realized, it was the same year the film Joker came out ;)
Yeah and Brad Pitt won for best supporting actor when I think Al Pacino deserved it for The Irishman.
Perfect acting? Leonardo Di'Caprio in Jango unchained. When Candie smacks the table and hurts his hand REAL in the glass cup, he keeps acting, following the role perfectly, as if it all was part of the script. An amazing improvisation, that made the character incredibly strong.
Acting is all about eyes and that deep understanding of role + ability to imagine it.. That's what makes things transfer to watcher, imo.
It's been 14 years since Shutter Island, some people love it, some not so much, but I have always said that when I walked out of the Cinema that night, I knew I don't see Leonardo DiCaprio as a person, I just see the Character. There are very few actors, Huge actors, who actually pull that off. Daniel Day Lewis is perhaps the greatest at this of course, but Leo, for me, is superb, and always has been even when you go back to his earlier works.
When I said this to my girlfriend she couldn't even tell me his character names in anything apart from "Jack in Titanic".
When I said this to the lads they said "Don't be gay, it's your round."
Dude is arguably the greatest actor ever. He hasn't missed ONCE in anything.
Except Critters 3, but that was at the beginning of his career.
Sorry, but I don't agree with your breakdown of his "greatest acting I've ever seen" scene at all. When watching the movie in real-time, you get a sense that Rick Dalton is acting very well and everyone in the scene is aware of it. You've got to understand that he's only acting like a good actor in that scene. I don't know how he pulls it off but he does it very well: you can tell he's acting but he's acting well. He's got a crazy demeanour in his eyes like the character Rick is playing is supposed to but he's overacting it just enough to pull it off in the third person: Leo acting like Dalton acting like a western outlaw. It's actually some of the best acting I've every seen (no pun intended).
Great acting isn’t meant to be “seen”. So when a kid compliments you on seeing it, you’ve probably over acted. This assumes most kids aren’t good judges of acting.
Haha, what a way to say kids aren't intelligent, especially when talking about a child actress, she's in the medium, she knows her stuff.
this was a great breakdown. covered it all and spoke about it how we felt about it...well done. Memento next?
The quality is insane...
MAKE MORE
That scene nearly made tear up.
Brilliant film and my favourite performance by Leo. Just incredible.
I thought the dynamic between Cliff and Rick was amazing. Cliff is a two-time Medal of Honor recipient (which is implied by Rick addressing him as "Audie Murphy" as gentle ribbing, and specifically pointed out in the text of the novelization by Tarantino) and yet, he has no real ego about his lot in life, the way he exists on the periphery of his friend's existence. It made me despite Rick for a minute when they returned from Italy and Rick told Cliff he could no longer afford to keep him on.
I don't know how relevant that really is to the point of the video, but it really sticks in my craw.
And how much do you love Cliff now, knowing he could have capitalized on being the most-decorated soldier in modern history, taken his good looks, physique, and deadly skills out on the town and easily displaced Rick in the Hollywood pecking order, but instead, he trains his dog, rides his motorcycle, and dedicates himself wholeheartedly to seeing Rick Fucking Dalton conquer Hollywood?
There has not been a dual Medal of Honor recipient since Smedley Butler, and there will never be another since, after the death of John Basilone -- the Marine who went home after he was awarded the Medal to sell war bonds, but grew irritable and bored, insisting he redeploy to the Pacific with his men -- the War Department and the Department of Defense will no longer deploy a Meal of Honor recipient to a war zone and risk losing him, or having him taken captive. Cliff is an anachronism, since he violates the Basilone rule, and since he seems very fit twenty five years after returning home from WWII.
But he is also clearly heroic not just as a war fighter, but as a friend, and that is what makes him such a great character, even if he did harpoon that screeching, drunken harpy wife of his.
Let's be honest, who among us would have had the needed restraint?
Wow, I need to read that novelization.
@@jesustovar2549 It's big fun. Tarantino as he would be without having to worry about the MPAA.
I love that Rick is a classic alcoholic Hollywood actor...needs his magic juice to feel free...so relatable tbh lol
You just got a new sub, what a superb video essay on Leo's character as well as his acting. My fav QT film used to be Inglorious, But having watched OUATIH around 12-15x times now since release, It is my fav QT film. Everytime I got back to watch it, there is something new there I didn't catch on the last view. To me its a perfect movie.
Thank you for the support! AND YES, Inglorious was 100% a favorite of mine (would still say it is) but when watching Once Upon... I couldn't help but keep appreciating the characters and the world that was created.
Inglorious is still my favourite but I loved OUAITH since it came out.
why do you have so few subscribers? this video was wonderful.
Just subscribed :-)
those scenes blew me away... that tarantino was able to have an actor play an actor struggling to act, then to get his head straight and do some of the best acting ever, not for the movie within the movie but the movie itself... and the temper tantrum in the trailer... c'mon who hasn't been there... i mean i swear i'm sure i've probably said, after an instance of stumbling over my words in an embarrassing public display "duh, duh duh you fucking stupid idiot" to myself... and of course this absolutely proved, as if we needed any proof, that Leo is indeed one of the finest actors to ever hit the big screen.
Leonardo dicaprio It's one of the greatest actors ever exists.
2:44 I stuttered, and his stutter is really goddamn good
Great essay, thanks! Just rewatched the movie after watching this. You sound a little like Alt-Shift-X btw.
I differ with most on the final acting scene. Dalton did an incredible acting job given the lines he was provided. If you believe the acting was 'mediocre' on his part I think you are criticizing the screenplay rather than the acting. Don't confuse those.
Also, to me at least, the girl represented the purity of the acting craft if you look at her dialogue you might see that as well. So the compliment was huge in that sense and the fact he was able to get his mind together and claw his way back to that place of acting purity.
"Good acting, good acting" it was amazing.
I need more films with this kind of flowy character arcs that journeys through their highs and lows and keeps one looking and rooting for them. Hollywood has lost the art of quality drama
People lost it. Hollywood makes what people pay to see.
When Marvel cooks and Once Upon a Time flounders, it's not Hollywood's fault. The general public are the ones in the driver's seat.
07:01 not just put their names at the same time, he switched them
badass and sensitive types are both struggle through the movie equally
I mean, I understand that most of the people would like Pitt's character and sequences, but to me, it was the moment, when DiCaprio's character got help from a little girl, when the movie went from an average to the cinema level
"Well you were drinkin all night....fuckiiiinnnnnnn bulllshittttttttt." 😭
The greatest failure in the last 30 years of cinema is that caprio did get only one oscar. cmon people.....
thank you for this video, it was a good analysis of Rick Dalton
Scorsese and DiCaprio Movies: Four
Tarantino and DiCaprio Movies: Two
Nolan and DiCaprio Movies: One
I hope we can see another Nolan and DiCaprio movie
Scorsese and DiCaprio have like six now.
This was so well done. Truly.
Love,
Cliff
DiCaprio is the second best actor ever. The first being Day Lewis of course... by far.
Leonardo DiCaprio is the best and most talented actor ever.
I really hope that one day we can see Denzel Washington in a Tarontino movie one day
Denzel is good in almost anything he does, I wonder how a Quentin collaboration would be.
Leo was great in this but most of it is thanks to Quentin. Leo’s had peaks and valleys IMO but Quentin has gotten his two best performances, at least to me
Yes it is!!! One of his best performances! So good and talented
If you think about it, are you watching Leonardo DiCaprio play Rick Dalton as Decoteau. Or Rich Dayton as Decoteau!? 🌚
I always figured that after the end, Roman Polansky threw them a couple movies.
Absolutely phenomenal acting by Leo there.
This was great!
Your appreciation of this film is better than the actual film, although its serves to highlight the disconnect Hollywood is experiencing with audiences, they sit around talking about their deep meaningful artistry while drinking cocktails and slapping other on the back and handing out awards... meanwhile audiences are thoroughly bored and frustrated with the slow death of the entertainment industry while forking hard earned cash for mediocrity. In the spirit of this movie... one would say... get you head out of your a**
I think the industry is kind of reinventing itself, for better or for worse, it's not the first time that happens, and it's also not the first time someone states that the industry of entertaintment is dying, it always finds it's way, hell, the film is set in the late 1960s, right at the beginning of 'New Hollywood' after the death of the 'Golden Age'.
@@jesustovar2549 Definitely, I was implicitly connecting the films subject matter with transition from the Golden Age to the current transition away from profitably in favor idealism
This isn’t the greatest movie ever made, but it sure as hell ranks up there.
As a man approaching 50, best years behind, worst ahead, I can’t even begin to tell you how much it resonates with me personally. Rick Dalton is just a whinier version of myself.
I know I am not alone when I lay awake at night and stuck with my own honest unfiltered thoughts.
I hope you don't have problems with drinking as Rick had (my whole theater was laughing at that scene).
Leo deserved an Oscar for his acting in this movie!
Great video essay. I subscribed
This is great stuff. Keep m comin' 🔥
Nice work
Acting badly on purpose is difficult. He goes from playing a real character to playing a character badly acting as another character.
Playing a washed up actor is a brilliant format.
And even when he’s just interacting with other characters in the movie as plain ole Rick Dalton, he’s sort of playing “Rick Dalton, the actor.” He’s not Melvin Snerd from Sandusky, Ohio anymore (or whoever he was originally). He left his original identity a long time ago. He’s “Rick Dalton,” right down to the faux good ole boy diction. Pretty meta stuff goin on in this flick. The attention to period detail blew my mind, because I was a young adult living in that place (L.A.) in that time (1969). Even got the old L.A. street signs right.
Leo is ma boy and his the best, I always said that! His goated!
The same with Al Pacino
God he's brilliant I am sooo glad they got him down from that water tower finally...
This movie is so dead on for the era, so much a joy to watch. Sharon Tate Lives should be written on the walls, just like Frodo.
this scene like movie in the movie was brilliant and excellent. di Caprio was real star of this movie.
"Here, put these on. Don't cry in front of the Mexicans"...
great video!
Brother I love your videos. They are made so well wow.
How do you only have 7630 Subscribers. Hope you will get more recognition!
Keep it up!
I hope so too! I really love making these videos for everyone (and myself) and growing the channel into a community is something I've been looking forward to. Thank you for the support! and I'll definitely keep going!
@@sophiabynico My youtube algorithm is in its peak at the moment. Glad I got your video recommended!
if he is the good, who is the great? well... Brad got he oscar for this one.
Cliff is in my top 3 best characters Brad Pitt has ever played.
by fat the best DiCaprio movie, by far his best scene
Not sure anyone other than LdC could have pulled this off so well. Just wish I knew more about the whole Manson story before watching as I had zero clue what was going on, why etc and what was real or made up. Who Sharron Tate is etc. Maybe my age and being from the Uk to blame.
Trudy is not a stand in for modern audiences. The more internalised, ‘real’ acting is a fairly 2ks concept, and in the context of a western tv show ‘Lancer’, a performance that seems comically overblown to us today, could’ve been pitch perfect then. All that to say, I don’t think the compliment was anything but sincere.
Sometimes, just sometimes.
I think the Dicaprio/Pitt combination was supposed to be Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham.
Are you cinemastix 2.0?